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A thirst for some knowledge of philosophy resulted in consulting Dr. Letamendi's book on pathology during my student days. I also purchased the works of Kant, Fichte, and Schopenhauer in the cheap editions which were published by Zozaya. The first of these that I read was Fichte's _Science of Knowledge_, of which I understood nothing. It stirred in me a veritable indignation against both author and translator. Was philosophy nothing but mystification, as it is assumed to be by artists and shop clerks?
Reading _Parerga and Paralipomena_ reconciled me to philosophy. After that I bought in French _The Critique of Pure Reason_, _The World as Will and Idea_, and a number of other books.